Put both my road and my mountain bike on the back of the car and pointed it out of town. Drove 950km before I had to shut it down.
Today I get to my first riding stop in Vernon BC. Going to hook up with a good mate of mine and get a couple of days worth of riding in the sunshine.

Submitted to the ADV Bicycle Thread for approval:
I was talking to my cyclosensei/LBS owner re: building a road bike. He said "wait a minute", went in back and came out with a LeMond Arrivee frame (TI!) and AlphaQ fork in my size. It is mine for free provided I go through him for all the componentry (much of which will be take-offs and used stuff anyways). I'm responsible for getting the frame cleaned up. It's unpainted, but the decals are thrashed.

I think this will be the way to go, but was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of this particular frame. My brief Interwebz search last night yeilded mostly positive reviews.

__________________"The V-Strom Man sits up straight and only picks his nose when he is 100% sure that no one is looking." -Uncle Larry

4376 as of today. 338 miles in July. It should have been more, but I had a few little issues along the way. I'm leaning I can't ride two days in a row, no matter how easy I take it. Weird. I'm at 2026. I should be at 2042.

4707 as of yesterday. 331 miles in August. Not bad, especialy considering I nmissed two rides the week because isaac was fucking up our weather. I'm at 2357 miles. I should be at 2333. For the first time this year I'm ahead of schedule. Sweet!

4:37 on the bike just now. Been a few weeks since I've done any longer rides. Ugh are my legs tired.

M

Did you upload it to Strava? Doesn't count unless you did.

__________________Dizave opined: Why do you care where the premises come from? They are above reproach. For all intents and purposes, you can just make up all your premises, since they can't be proven anyway. That's why we need premises.

Submitted to the ADV Bicycle Thread for approval:
I was talking to my cyclosensei/LBS owner re: building a road bike. He said "wait a minute", went in back and came out with a LeMond Arrivee frame (TI!) and AlphaQ fork in my size. It is mine for free provided I go through him for all the componentry (much of which will be take-offs and used stuff anyways). I'm responsible for getting the frame cleaned up. It's unpainted, but the decals are thrashed.

I think this will be the way to go, but was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of this particular frame. My brief Interwebz search last night yeilded mostly positive reviews.

Its Ti. How bad can it be?

I don't remember who Trek was contracting with to do their Ti bikes, but its probably Litespeed (like pretty much everyone else)

M

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__________________Dizave opined: Why do you care where the premises come from? They are above reproach. For all intents and purposes, you can just make up all your premises, since they can't be proven anyway. That's why we need premises.

The LBS thought this one came from Merlin, FWIW. Irregardless, TheWifester signed off on the capital expenditure, so I will be pulling the trigger on this. Can't wait!

Merlin is litespeed now. I would be carefull, though. I've seen a number of ti lemonds fracture at the down tube cable stop. It's a poor design that caused a stress riser. I might be able to get a photo to post. I've got a friend with one hanging in his garage.

Just got back from a hard 55 miler, on top of yesterday's 44. The wind was brutal along LI Sound!! It's amazing how much fitness you lose if you don't ride for a couple of weeks... I don't have a mileage goal for the year, but am somewhere around 2300. I can still fit into the 42 Vanson, so that's good.